Norway
Population 2026
5,652,986
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.53%
- Density
- 16 per km²
- Land area
- 364,270 km²
- Capital
- Oslo
- Currency
- Krone (NOK)
- Official languages
- NO, NB, NN, SE
- Urban population
- 83.6%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 53,0842026
- Deaths
- 44,3602026
- Birth rate
- 9.7per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.9per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.45
- Life expectancy
- 83.2At birth, years
- Median age
- 40.1
- Net migration
- 29,798
Age distribution
- 0–1415.9%
- 15–6465.0%
- 65+19.1%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $531B
- GDP per capita
- $94.6K
- GDP growth
- +1.1%
- Inflation
- 3.0%
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
- Exports
- $241B
- Imports
- $179B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.9%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture1.6%
- Industry34.5%
- Manufacturing6.1%
- Services55.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture2.5%
- Industry17.8%
- Services79.7%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | OsloOslo | 1,082,5752024 |
| 2 | BergenVestland | 294,0292026 |
| 3 | TrondheimTrøndelag | 216,5182025 |
| 4 | StavangerRogaland | 151,6692026 |
| 5 | KristiansandAgder | 117,2372026 |
| 6 | DrammenBuskerud | 106,0132026 |
| 7 | LillestrømAkershus | 89,6842024 |
| 8 | SandnesRogaland | 85,3862023 |
| 9 | FredrikstadØstfold | 83,7612024 |
| 10 | SandefjordVestfold | 64,3452024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,652,986 | 53.1K | 44.4K |
| 2020 | 5,379,275 | 53.0K | 40.6K |
| 2010 | 4,889,160 | 60.7K | 41.4K |
| 2000 | 4,490,864 | 59.2K | 44.0K |
| 1990 | 4,241,440 | 60.9K | 46.1K |
| 1980 | 4,085,603 | 51.0K | 41.4K |
| 1970 | 3,875,351 | 64.8K | 38.7K |
| 1960 | 3,581,119 | 60.8K | 32.5K |
| 1950 | 3,265,199 | 62.8K | 29.6K |